Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults. After growing up on a dairy farm, everything in life seemed easy

We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.

The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.

In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.

The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.

When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process.